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" We all have friends and loved ones who say 60's the new 30. No. Sixty's the new 60. "
Iman
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" I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim. "
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" When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza. "
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" I have a 15-year-old daughter who thinks that I always had this self confidence that I have now at the age of 60. And I always tell her that what she is going through - the low self-esteem as a teenager - that is a right of passage. "
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" Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others. Wigs, killer heels, Pilates, even fillers - whatever works for you, honey. "
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You
" I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress. "
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" When my daughter Zulekha was born, I was at the pinnacle of my working life as a model, and I pulled myself in two trying to cope with being both a mother and a career girl. "
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" After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people. "
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" The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them. "
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" Beauty is being comfortable and confident in your own skin. "
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" You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise. "
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" I wasn't a major in political science for nothing, so I understood the politics of beauty and the politics of race when it comes to the fashion industry. "
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" I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power. "
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Best
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" We never do Valentine's dinner, because everybody, they look. On Valentine's, imagine me and David going to a restaurant! Like, everybody's going to say, 'Did they talk? Did they hold hands?' Twenty years. We've been married twenty years! "
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Restaurant
Me
Hands
" I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me. "
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" One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed. "
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" People talk about the miracle of birth. No. There's the miracle of conception. I did IVF, but nothing happened. So I began to think of adoption, and then I got pregnant. It was definitely a miracle. "
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People
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Got
" When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you. "
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Nobody
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" At the end of the day, my legacy will not be modelling but my cosmetics line. "
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Line
End
Legacy
" Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther. "
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Bright
Always
Beauty
" I thought at 46 years old, I've been removed from the fashion industry for 10 years. I couldn't possibly write a model's book. That's for a 20-year-old. But I could say what I want to say without chastising the industry. "
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" Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met. "
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" I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s. "
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" The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience. "
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" I have a certain manner of speech that is unique to me. I tried once to have my staff tweet for me, and it was a disaster! People knew right away that it wasn't me. "
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" I did not want to get involved with a rock star. No way. It is not a sane thing to do. "
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Want
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" I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from - but it's not me. "
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" When I was in high school,we were, like, 4,000 or 5,000 students, and 50 girls - and I didn't have a date for my prom. My father paid my cousin to take me. "
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Prom
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Father
" I would rather Google other people than Google myself. "
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Google
" At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem. "
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Give
End Of The Day
End
" Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter. "
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Life Is Too Short
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